BY: DIANA THE PATRIOT
President Obama’s town halls never cease to amaze me. During the August recess when members of Congress were taking the heat from their constituents regarding health care reform, President Obama’s meetings with the American people were quite a different picture. The passion, anger, and frustration of the American people over a clear [...]
BY: MICHAEL SCOOTER
I recently had the opportunity to spend an hour with US Senate candidate Sean Salazar, and chat about both the political process in general, as well as his views in particular. I am thankful to him for this because I, like many, have never been very involved in politics.
One of Sean’s key points to [...]
BY: DIANA THE PATRIOT
The current health care reform debate in our country is nothing new. Throughout our history, there have been many who have taken on this issue. The Clintons tried it in the early nineties. Theodore Roosevelt and Harry Truman tried, in their own times. Now, the proponent for health care ‘change’ is President [...]
BY: CURT KOCH
On June 29, 2009 Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was removed from power. The media first reported this as a “Coup d’état”, and in some cases is still reporting this as a “Coup” (please see bottom of page for reference article –ed).
What really happened on June 29, 2009? Was this really a Coup, or [...]
BY: MIKE SCOOTER
A little history. Alfred Nobel, the inventor of Dynamite (yes, the explosive), created a bit of a stir upon his death with his will. In it he established the now famous Nobel Prize, which:
…shall be annually distributed in the form of prizes to those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the [...]
BY: KENT MCMANIGAL
When writing about freedom, whether you call it “libertarianism“, “self-ownership”, or “anarchism“, it is necessary to explore the ragged edges.
For example, I doubt anyone who understands freedom thinks slavery is a good thing anymore. Those who don’t understand freedom, even if they think they do, make excuses when the slave owner is a [...]
BY: MIKE SCOOTER
This makes my head want to explode. Following is an excerpt from a letter by Bertha Lewis, ACORN CEO, to her faithful followers. The thrust of this exhortation is you are supposed to send her money. Gaaaghh!
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Dear [ACORN Supporter],
You have to wonder, who’s next? After ACORN, when the powerful interests continue their battle [...]
BY: MIKE SCOOTER
Medicare and what has happened to it is an excellent example of why I really don’t want the Government deciding my health care for me with my own money.
Everyone does realize that Medicare is cash flow negative at this point, and is going to self-destruct anyway eventually, without a serious restructuring that will [...]
BY: MIKE SCOOTER
While Obama was talking to the United Nations not long ago about giving away our nuclear defense capability, Congressional leadership is right now actively considering using the so-called “nuclear option”, or reconciliation process, to jam additional taxes and more government down our throats.
Call your Senate representatives and make sure you register your opinions, and do [...]
BY: MIKE SCOOTER
Maria Cantwell is a member of the Senate Finance Committee. She has recently made her position on the Baucus health care bill crystal clear. Predictably, a socialist one. A link to the video of her statement is embedded in my response letter to her, below. I fear that it will not do any [...]
BY: MIKE SCOOTER
Me and my family attended Glenn Beck’s Safeco Field talk in Seattle, this past Saturday. It was a mighty good talk.
Some reflections…I find it disturbing that the Seattle Times, PI, and Portland Oregonian tended to focus on the fact that…
BY: MIKE SCOOTER
My Senators were very naughty this August past. Neither one of them (Maria Cantwell, D-WA, and Patty Murray, D-WA) bothered to come home and have a nice open Town Hall forum, umm, to find out maybe what the people they represent actually think?
I suppose I’d be fine with this if everything was clover [...]
